Trinity Industries (TRN) Competitors

Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and First Financial Bancorp. (NASDAQ:FFBC) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TRN or FFBC?

86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TRN or FFBC?

First Financial Bancorp. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinity Industries. First Financial Bancorp. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trinity Industries	$2.52B	0.90	$138.40M	$1.14	24.65
First Financial Bancorp.	$852.23M	2.93	$228.83M	$2.50	10.43

Which has more risk and volatility, TRN or FFBC?

Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TRN or FFBC more profitable?

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 19.41% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 3.83%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 10.57% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trinity Industries	3.83%	8.49%	1.25%
First Financial Bancorp.	19.41%	10.57%	1.42%

Does the media refer more to TRN or FFBC?

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 6 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 1 mentions for Trinity Industries. First Financial Bancorp.'s average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that First Financial Bancorp. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trinity Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Financial Bancorp.	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRN or FFBC a better dividend stock?

Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Trinity Industries pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer TRN or FFBC?

Trinity Industries presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus price target of $29.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trinity Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First Financial Bancorp.	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

First Financial Bancorp. beats Trinity Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.